Lambretta
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Cronulla Sharks
Yazz and the plastic population - BABY - Last year the Sharks were competative at best and just plain lost at others. They lacked creativity but Gallen and co usually put in enough effort to keep the scoreboard respectable. They've lost Snowden and Douglas, two very competant forwards which will hurt them. They've also lost Dean Collis a pretty boy with the speed of a much older man, which won't. However it's their additions that count. Bryce Gibbs, Andrew Fifita and Ben Ross have added muscle, whilst Issac De Gois and Todd Carney have added some brains. Oh did I just say that? If Carney can stay out of trouble and happy he will create chances for his team. The question though is who will he create them for? They need speed to capitalise on the breaks so Albert Kelly and the like need to be there too. De Gois will provide good direction from dummy half and I'm tipping them to rise like a paedophiles c**k in a classroom.
Parramatta Eels
Last year the Eels were a whisker away from two things. Winning games and the wooden spoon. How can a team be as competative as they were and keep losing games? Well, stacking your squad with useless old has beens and forgetting to run on the field with any play makers were probably at the heart of it. They're attempting to remedy this by adding Chris Sandow at half back whilst bringing in some genuine quality in Willie Tonga to add speed and power out wide. They've also added a capable player in Esi Tonga, a promising player in Jon Mannah and a famous name in Jamil Hopoate. These additions will offer the Eels the genuine capability of winning some of those close games that they lost last year. On the other side of the ledger their best known forwards are, well, lets call them advanced in years and their most capable forward last year was Reni Maitua. Are there any alarm bells ringing here? Their coach implemented some structures that should reap the benefits this season now they've added some craft into the halves. As long as the old men and their reservist hacks up front can keep the ball going forward they'll win as many as they lose. Up, but not World beaters.
Yazz and the plastic population - BABY - Last year the Sharks were competative at best and just plain lost at others. They lacked creativity but Gallen and co usually put in enough effort to keep the scoreboard respectable. They've lost Snowden and Douglas, two very competant forwards which will hurt them. They've also lost Dean Collis a pretty boy with the speed of a much older man, which won't. However it's their additions that count. Bryce Gibbs, Andrew Fifita and Ben Ross have added muscle, whilst Issac De Gois and Todd Carney have added some brains. Oh did I just say that? If Carney can stay out of trouble and happy he will create chances for his team. The question though is who will he create them for? They need speed to capitalise on the breaks so Albert Kelly and the like need to be there too. De Gois will provide good direction from dummy half and I'm tipping them to rise like a paedophiles c**k in a classroom.
Parramatta Eels
Last year the Eels were a whisker away from two things. Winning games and the wooden spoon. How can a team be as competative as they were and keep losing games? Well, stacking your squad with useless old has beens and forgetting to run on the field with any play makers were probably at the heart of it. They're attempting to remedy this by adding Chris Sandow at half back whilst bringing in some genuine quality in Willie Tonga to add speed and power out wide. They've also added a capable player in Esi Tonga, a promising player in Jon Mannah and a famous name in Jamil Hopoate. These additions will offer the Eels the genuine capability of winning some of those close games that they lost last year. On the other side of the ledger their best known forwards are, well, lets call them advanced in years and their most capable forward last year was Reni Maitua. Are there any alarm bells ringing here? Their coach implemented some structures that should reap the benefits this season now they've added some craft into the halves. As long as the old men and their reservist hacks up front can keep the ball going forward they'll win as many as they lose. Up, but not World beaters.
